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Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki (L) shakes hands with former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa during spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki (L) receives advice from former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa (C) during spring training in Mesa, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2025.

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Sosa's Hall of Fame bats clear X-ray tests

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Sammy Sosa's bat marking his 500th career home run kept at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Hall officials said June 5 that all five of the Chicago Cubs slugger's bats displayed there cleared X-ray tests after Sosa was ejected from a game on June 3 for using a corked bat. (MLB)

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Mariners' Ichiro to play as AL leadoff batter in All-Star game

MILWAUKEE, United States - Chicago Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa (L) and Seattle Mariners leadoff batter Ichiro Suzuki (R) stand together at Miller Park in Milwaukee on July 8 to be recognized as top vote-getters in balloting for the All-Star game to be held on July 9. (MLB)

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Ichiro flexes muscles, throws out Sosa

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki throws Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa out at home base in the fourth inning of a preseason game in Peoria, Arizona, on March 18. Ichiro was 0-for-4 as the Mariners were defeated 6-2 in the Cactus League spring training game.

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Ichiro says 'hi' to ''Slammin' Sammy''

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa prior to a preseason match between the two teams in Peoria, Arizona, on March 18.

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Sosa meets Japanese Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sammy Sosa (R), outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, meets Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuhi at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 13. In the meeting, Obuchi showed a bat which Sosa had presented to him in Chicago. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games against the New York Mets at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30 next year.

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Sosa coaches batting for Japanese kids

KAWASAKI, Japan - Outfielder Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs gives a batting class for children at a baseball ground in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12. Some 150 boys and two girls took part. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30. The two-game series, between the Cubs and the New York Mets, will mark the first time that official major league games have been played in Japan.

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Yoshii, Sosa attend press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa (R) puts his arm around New York Mets pitcher Masato Yoshii at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10 to announce that the Cubs and the Mets will open the 2000 regular season with official games in Japan next March.

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Obuchi throws 1st pitch to Sosa

Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) throws out the first pitch of a Cubs baseball game May 1. Obuchi tossed the ball into Sammy Sosa's mit prior to the game between Chicago and the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

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Sosa homer sparks MLB all-stars to 9-8 win over Japan

Sammy Sosa expresses his joy by jumping, belting his second homer on Nov. 15 to spark the major league (MLB) all-stars to a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind victory over the Japanese all-stars at Tokyo Dome in the final game of their seven-game series.

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Sammy Sosa visits children's hospital

Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa, in Japan as a member of the Major League Baseball (MBL) All-Stars, poses for photographers with an unidentified Japanese girl during his charity visit to Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 10. He was presented with a bouquet and a string of 66 paper-folded cranes which he wears around his neck.

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Sosa smiles on the eve of warm-up game

Chicago Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa smiles Nov. 4 during workouts at Tokyo Dome on the eve of a warm-up game between the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star squad and the Yomiuri Giants.

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Sammy Sosa arrives in Japan

Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa flashes a V sign as he arrives in Narita airport Wednesday Nov. 4 with other members of the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star squad to play in a seven-games series with their Japanese counterparts beginning Saturday Nov. 7.

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Sosa's Hall of Fame bats clear X-ray tests

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Sammy Sosa's bat marking his 500th career home run kept at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Hall officials said June 5 that all five of the Chicago Cubs slugger's bats displayed there cleared X-ray tests after Sosa was ejected from a game on June 3 for using a corked bat. (MLB)(Kyodo)

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Mariners' Ichiro to play as AL leadoff batter in All-Star game

MILWAUKEE, United States - Chicago Cubs' slugger Sammy Sosa (L) and Seattle Mariners leadoff batter Ichiro Suzuki (R) stand together at Miller Park in Milwaukee on July 8 to be recognized as top vote-getters in balloting for the All-Star game to be held on July 9. (MLB)

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Ichiro says 'hi' to ''Slammin' Sammy''

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa prior to a preseason match between the two teams in Peoria, Arizona, on March 18.

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Ichiro flexes muscles, throws out Sosa

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki throws Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa out at home base in the fourth inning of a preseason game in Peoria, Arizona, on March 18. Ichiro was 0-for-4 as the Mariners were defeated 6-2 in the Cactus League spring training game.

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Chicago Cubs meet Japanese press

TOKYO, Japan - Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa (L), pitcher Jon Lieber (C) and manager Don Baylor (R) meet with the Japanese press March 25 in Tokyo. The Cubs and New York Mets are scheduled to open the major league season with pair of games March 29-30 at Tokyo Dome.

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Sosa meets Japanese Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sammy Sosa (R), outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, meets Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuhi at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 13. In the meeting, Obuchi showed a bat which Sosa had presented to him in Chicago. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games against the New York Mets at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30 next year.

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Sosa coaches batting for Japanese kids

KAWASAKI, Japan - Outfielder Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs gives a batting class for children at a baseball ground in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12. Some 150 boys and two girls took part. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30. The two-game series, between the Cubs and the New York Mets, will mark the first time that official major league games have been played in Japan.

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Yoshii, Sosa attend press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa (R) puts his arm around New York Mets pitcher Masato Yoshii at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10 to announce that the Cubs and the Mets will open the 2000 regular season with official games in Japan next March.

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Sosa homer sparks MLB all-stars to 9-8 win over Japan

Sammy Sosa expresses his joy by jumping, belting his second homer Nov. 15 to spark the major league (MLB) all-stars to a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind victory over the Japanese all-stars at Tokyo Dome in the final game of their seven-game series.

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Sammy Sosa visits children's hospital

Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa, in Japan as a member of the Major League Baseball (MBL) All-Stars, poses for photographers with an unidentified Japanese girl during his charity visit to Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hospital on Tuesday Nov. 10. He was presented with a bouquet and a string of 66 paper-folded cranes which he wears around his neck. ==Kyodo

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Sosa smiles on the eve of warm-up game

Chicago Cubs' outfielder Sammy Sosa smiles Nov. 4 during workouts at Tokyo Dome on the eve of a warm-up game between the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star squad and the Yomiuri Giants. ==Kyodo

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Sammy Sosa arrives in Japan

Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa flashes a V sign as he arrives in Narita airport Wednesday Nov. 4 with other members of the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) all-star squad to play in a seven-games series with their Japanese counterparts beginning Saturday Nov. 7. ==Kyodo